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Macro Monday 2: Snowmen
These tiny snowmen were Christmas decorations in a church in Yuma County, Arizona.
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Message
Shadows edge a letter of a Christmas message in a Yuma County, Arizona church.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Ruby Tuesday Too: Trust
A sign outside a church building in Exeter, California.
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Blue Shirt
Every Sunday for forty years, my father
would choose the same blue shirt
to wear to church.
The cloth faded and grew thin
and some of the buttons
went missing.
(You’d think he had no money.)
Almost as an afterthought
he’d put on a tattered tie, then walk
two blocks to the Methodist Church.
Easing his bony frame down
onto the unpadded wood pew,
he’d wink and say, “I’m sure the Lord doesn’t care
what I look like, but only that I’ve come—
and here I am.”
Now, six weeks after his funeral,
I hug his empty blue shirt
and long to hear him say once more,
“Here I am.”
NOTE: This poem is almost entirely the product of my imagination. Any resemblances to my own life are purely coincidental.
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Blue Monday: Greeting
A Christmas greeting on the door of a church nursery, Yuma County, Arizona
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Blue Monday: Snowman
Holiday decorations at a Yuma County, Arizona church
The snowman wears a blue hat.
He thinks it burns up his fat.
The poor guy is wrong,
But he’s so headstrong
You can’t convince him of that!
Limerick and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Flood
Detail of a carpet in a church in Wellton, Arizona
If a mighty flood should come,
Sweeping through the church’s doors,
Carpets would be overwhelmed
As would all the parquet floors.
When the mighty flood subsides,
Just as in the Bible lore,
There will come an olive branch
From the One who makes waves roar.
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Hearts
A table decoration lies aslant after a sweetheart dinner at an Arizona church.
The dinner party’s over,
The hearts are all askew;
It’s time to clear the tables—
Bring on the busser crew!
They love to clear the tables,
They know there will be tips;
But you and I, my valentine,
Shall feed our hungry lips!
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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Valentine
A table decoration for a sweetheart dinner at an Arizona church
I gave my love a basket
(A funny valentine!),
And asked my love to fill it
With chocolate and with wine.
Alas, my love had nothing
Except the best of will,
And so my basket’s empty,
But yet I love him still.
Photo and poem © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
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